Discovery Toys · Recalled
CPSC, Discovery Toys Announce Recall of Children's Toy Phones
The blue, hard plastic antenna ball can break off the toy phone, posing a choking hazard to young children.
- Units
- About 57,000
- Reports
- 8
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- 0
- Price
- $10
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
The battery-operated, multicolored toy flip phone is red, blue and yellow with green, blue, yellow and orange dial buttons. Each button has its own sound: a ring, a beeping dialing tune, a busy signal and a "hello." The toy phone has a blue hard-plastic antenna with a ball-shaped tip that makes a clickity-clack sound.
The file
- Sold at
- The toy phones were sold nationwide through Discovery Toys sales network. They were sold in the U.S. and Canada, from May 1999 through November 2000, for about $10, and have since been discontinued.
- Product type
- Toy Telephones
- Made in
- Not stated
- Recalled by
- Discovery Toys Inc., of Livermore, Calif.
Incident log
Discovery Toys received eight reports of the antenna ball breaking off the toy phones. No injuries have been reported.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using the toy phone immediately and call Discovery Toys for a free repair kit. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.
Consumers may call Discovery Toys at 800-341-TOYS (1-800-341-8697) Monday through Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (PT) or email productsupport@discoverytoys.ne
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated OCT 23 2001; last revised OCT 17 2025.